Policy and Research Unit

Adrian Bailey: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress has been made in respect of the proposed Policy and Research Unit envisaged in his Department's strategic grant agreement with the UK Co-operative Movement.

Shahid Malik: Between 2003 and early 2007, a total of £460,000 was provided under a Strategic Grant Agreement between this Department and the UK Co-operative College. Since then, we have been in discussion with the college over a proposal to establish a programme of policy research that would analyse and highlight the value and effectiveness of co-operatives and other forms of social enterprise. DFID no longer runs a Strategic Grants scheme, so we are exploring various alternative channels for funding this proposed programme and hope to conclude an agreement in early 2008.

Uganda: Overseas Aid

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will implement in other countries a financial sector deepening project such as that under way in Uganda.

Gareth Thomas: DFID is engaged in a range of financial deepening projects in a number of countries. For example, we are implementing programmes in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania and in Bangladesh and Pakistan. We are committed to supporting the development of strong and inclusive financial sectors that contribute to growth and poverty reduction, and to working in partnership with other donors, partner governments and financial sector institutions.
	In Uganda, we have provided £7 million over the past six years to deepen the capacity of the financial sector to meet the financial needs of poor rural and urban households. Our support has contributed towards Uganda being recognised internationally as a success story in microfinance.

Departmental Foreign Workers

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many  (a) EU foreign nationals and  (b) non-EU foreign nationals are employed by his Department.

Shaun Woodward: The Northern Ireland Office has no central record of EU and non EU foreign nationals in our employment. The Northern Ireland civil service is currently examining monitoring of nationality and will be discussing with the Equality Commission how to take this forward. Whatever procedures are agreed will also apply to the Northern Ireland Office.

Apprentices

David Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many  (a) apprenticeships,  (b) level two apprenticeships and  (c) advanced apprenticeships there are, broken down by age group (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 25 and (iii) over 25 year olds.

David Lammy: Figures for those participating in apprenticeships can be derived from the Learning and Skills Council's (LSC) Individualised Learner Record (ILR). The following table shows the number of apprenticeship starts from August 2006 to July 2007. Apprenticeships are at level 2 and advanced apprenticeships are at level 3. (A further breakdown by adult ages is not readily available.)
	
		
			   Advanced apprenticeship  Apprenticeship 
			   16 to 18  19+  Total  16 to 18  19+  Total 
			 Starts 23,741 31,104 54,845 79,054 46,212 125,266

Apprentices

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills which apprenticeships are only available at level two, broken down by framework.

David Lammy: All Apprenticeships at level 2 have progression opportunities to advanced apprenticeships at level 3 in the same occupational area. The following are apprenticeship titles which are available only at level 2 and which lead to progression on to related advanced apprenticeships at the next level:
	Animal Technology
	Carry and Deliver goods
	Dry Stone Walling
	Fencing
	Fire Detection and Alarm Systems
	Fitted Interiors
	Industrial Applications
	Mail Services
	Manufacturing (Engineering)
	Munitions Clearance and Search Occupations
	Optical Apprenticeship
	Passenger Carrying Vehicles Driving—Bus and Coach
	Polymers/Sign making
	Ports Industry
	Public Services
	Rail Transport Operations
	Saddlery
	Safety, Security and Loss Prevention and Retail and Leisure Security
	Security Systems
	Support Services in Health Care
	Team Leading
	Textile Industry
	Trees and Timber.

UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation

Theresa Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 
	(1)  what estimate he has made of the cost of moving the National Institute for Medical Research to become part of the proposed new UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation;
	(2)  what contribution the Medical Research Council will make to the costs of the proposed UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation;
	(3)  if he will break down the £500 million allocation announced by the Prime Minister for the establishment of the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (UKCMR) by main budget heading; what estimate he has made of annual staffing costs of the UKCMR; and whether the £500 million figure is an indicative budget.

Ian Pearson: Detailed proposals for the scheme, which will include the proposed financial contribution of the current, and any future partners, will be developed in 2008. The cost of moving the NIMR to its new site has therefore yet to be determined and will in part rely upon the detailed analysis of the scientific advisory team and the yet to be appointed project director and his/her team. While the project cost has been broadly estimated by the consortium at around £500 million, this figure is indicative only and has yet to be finalised for future programme evaluation purposes, as has the total cost to the MRC. The annual cost of the centre will therefore be determined as the final scientific plan is developed.

Birds: Imports

Elliot Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many  (a) CITES and  (b) non-CITES listed birds were imported into the EU each year between 2000 and 2006.

Joan Ruddock: The number of CITES listed birds imported into the EU between 2000 and 2006 was as follows:
	
		
			   Number 
			 2000 1,185,362 
			 2001 877,028 
			 2002 512,354 
			 2003 605,915 
			 2004 665,672 
			 2005 612,672 
			 2006 1,121 
		
	
	The UK does not hold records on imports of non-CITES species into the EU.

Floods: Yorkshire and Humberside

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for what reasons he has reduced the budget for the North East of England for the construction of flood defences, with particular reference to the budget for Yorkshire and the Humber.

Phil Woolas: The Secretary of State has not reduced the budget for the construction of flood defences in the North of England this year; funding for the Yorkshire Regional Flood Defence Committee is a matter for the Environment Agency.

Capita

Nick Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2007,  Official Report, column 951W, on Capita, what services Capita and its subsidiaries provide to his Department.

Kevin Brennan: The Department does not maintain a record of contracts that have been awarded and a complete and accurate answer to your question could be supplied only at disproportionate cost. I can tell you, however, from information held centrally that Capita provide the following services to the Department:
	Teachers' Pensions Administration;
	National Strategies;
	Consultancy support for the Children's Services Improvement Framework:
	Project management and construction project management services for academies:
	Management consultancy services to the Department:
	A Criminal Records Bureau checking service for day care providers and
	The supply of interim personnel and consultants for the Office of the Schools Commissioner and Academies.

Children: Day Care

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many people in each  (a) income decile,  (b) region and  (c) income decile in each region took up formal childcare in the last 12 months.

Beverley Hughes: The 2004 Parents' Childcare Survey(1) estimated that 3.42 million families in England used formal childcare in the last year. The proportion of families who used childcare over the last year by income and region is shown in the following table; income deciles cannot be calculated as the income data is collected in bands rather than actual amounts.
	(1 )Childcare and Early Years Provision: A Study of Report 723; DfES. Bryson, C., Kazimirski, A. and Southwood, H (2006). This report is available at:
	http://www.dfes.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/RR723.pdf
	
		
			  Table: Use of formal childcare in the last year by region and annual household income 
			   Percentage of families 
			   Under £10,000  £10,000  to  £19,999  £20,000  to  £31,999  £32,000+  Total 
			 North East 51 49 50 63 51 
			 North West 47 46 56 67 53 
			 Yorkshire and Humber 49 46 57 69 55 
			 East Midlands 44 55 58 73 59 
			 West Midlands 46 48 61 61 55 
			 East 45 54 56 66 58 
			 London 46 49 59 75 56 
			 South East 47 57 64 69 62 
			 South West 47 51 67 74 59 
			 Total 47 50 59 69 57 
		
	
	Higher income families were more likely to have used childcare in the last year than lower income families; 69 per cent. of families with a yearly income over 32,000 had used formal childcare in the last year, compared with 47 per cent. of families with a yearly income of under £10,000.
	Use of childcare varied by region; 51 per cent. of families in the North East had used formal childcare in the last year compared with 62 per cent. of families in the South East.
	The results from the next Parents' Childcare Survey will be published in February 2008.

Departmental Marketing

Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidelines issued to staff maintaining his Department's and its agencies' corporate identities; and what the estimated annual cost is of  (a) producing and  (b) complying with such guidelines.

Kevin Brennan: We don't produce hard copies of our brand guidelines, but will have one copy printed for the Library, as requested.
	 (a) This year we spent £4,876 on revising existing brand guidelines when the Department for Children, Schools and Families was created.
	 (b) Complying with our brand guidelines incurs no additional cost. They have been designed to minimise costs, as we require no special inks, papers or formats.
	We don't hold information centrally on agencies' costs.

Departmental Publicity

Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department, its predecessors and its agencies spent on managing their corporate identities in the last 12 month period for which figures are available.

Kevin Brennan: The costs for producing branded material when the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) was created were:
	£14,215 for the design, production and installation of signs (to date).
	£900 to recycle out-of-date stationery stock; electronic headed paper, at no cost, was used until the next scheduled production run of printed stationery.
	A further £3472 of expenditure was incurred recently to replace the Department's signage at our Moorfoot site in Sheffield. However, these costs were primarily related to replacement of dilapidated signage.
	This year we spent £4,876 on revising existing Department for Education and Skills brand guidelines when DCSF was created.
	We don't hold information centrally on agencies' costs.

Pupil Exclusions

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many permanent exclusions in  (a) primary and  (b) secondary schools there were in each of the last three years, broken down by school term.

Kevin Brennan: Information on the number of permanent exclusions broken down by school term is not available. Information is collected retrospectively via school census (SC) returns. Prior to 2005/06, school census returns were made on an annual basis. Since 2005/06, data for secondary schools has been collected termly, primary schools began making termly returns in 2006/07. As this is a new collection data on numbers of permanent exclusions are subject to checking by local authorities. This is done on an annual basis; data broken down by school term is therefore not yet available
	The readily available information on the number of permanent exclusions is given in the table.
	
		
			  Maintained primary, secondary and special schools( 1, 2) , number of permanent exclusions by type of school, England, 1997/98 to 2005/06 
			   1997/98  1998/99  1999/2000  2000/01( 3)  2001/02  2002/03  2003/04  2004/05  2005/06 
			  Primary schools  
			 Number of permanent exclusions 1,540 1,370 1,230 1,440 1,450 1,300 1,270 1,090 970 
			 Percentage of permanent exclusions(4) 13 13 15 16 15 14 13 12 11 
			 Percentage of school population(5) 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.02 
			   
			  Secondary schools  
			 Number of permanent exclusions 10,190 8,640 6,710 7,310 7,740 7,690 8,320 8,070 7,990 
			 Percentage of permanent exclusions(4) 83 83 81 80 81 83 84 85 87 
			 Percentage of school population(5) 0.33 0.28 0.21 0.23 0.24 0.23 0.25 0.24 0.24 
			  Special schools  
			 Number of permanent exclusions 570 440 380 390 340 300 300 280 210 
			 Percentage of permanent exclusions(4) 5 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 
			 Percentage of school population(5) 0.58 0.45 0.40 0.41 0.36 032 0.33 0.31 0.23 
			   
			  All schools  
			 Number of permanent exclusions 12,300 10,440 8,320 9,140 9,540 9,290 9,880 9,440 9,170 
			 Percentage of permanent exclusions(4) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
			 Percentage of school population(5) 0.16 0.14 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.13 0.12 0.12 
			 (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes both maintained and non-maintained special schools. (3) Permanent exclusions for 2000/01 are estimated as a number of local authorities have not confirmed the data for their schools. (4) The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the total number. (5) The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of all pupils (excluding dually registered pupils in special schools) in January each year.  Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.  Source. School Census.

Unemployment

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of children were living in workless households in each region in each quarter since January 1997, broken down by ethnicity.

Beverley Hughes: It has not proved possible to provide a break-down of the proportion of children of each ethnicity who were living in workless households in each region in each quarter since January 1997. Data from the Labour Force Survey provides very small sample sizes when the data is broken down by both region and ethnicity, leading to figures that may be misleading. Officials are currently investigating ways of overcoming this problem, and I will write to the hon. Member in the near future, if the analysis is feasible.
	Historical data at a national level is however readily available. The proportion of children living in workless households stood at 18.4 per cent. in 1997. Since then the overall trend has been falling; in 2006, the proportion of children living in workless households stood at 15.3 per cent. In 2007 the Labour Force Survey moved from spring to calendar quarters (Q2), consequently the 2007 figure of 16 per cent. is not directly comparable with previous years.
	
		
			  Children living in workless households (Great Britain)( 1) 
			   Percentage 
			 1992 18.7 
			 1993 19.1 
			 1994 19.8 
			 1995 19.3 
			 1996 19.3 
			 1997 18.4 
			 1998 18.5 
			 1999 18.0 
			 2000 16.4 
			 2001 16.1 
			 2002 16.7 
			 2003 16.1 
			 2004 15.9 
			 2005 15.7 
			 2006 15.3 
			 2007 16.0 
		
	
	The break-down by ethnicity at a national level in 2006 is as follows (the last complete calendar year for which this data is available).
	
		
			  Proportion of children living in working age workless households in GB 
			  Ethnic group  Percentage 
			 White 13.8 
			 Mixed: White and Black Caribbean 34.2 
			 Mixed: White and Black African 15.6 
			 Mixed: White and Asian 13.8 
			 Mixed: Other 20.4 
			 Indian 6.8 
			 Pakistani 25.4 
			 Bangladeshi 42.1 
			 Other Asian 15.8 
			 Black Caribbean 34.9 
			 Black African 26.4 
			 Other Black 12.8 
			 Chinese 4.1 
			 Other 39.5 
			 GB 15.5 
			 (1) Percentage of children aged under 16 in a working-age household where no adult works. A working-age household is a household that includes at least one person of working age (a woman aged between 16 and 59 or a man aged between 16 and 64). Workless individuals are those who are either unemployed (International Labour Organisation definition) or economically inactive (that is, not in employment). In line with the 2006 Eurostat directive, the Labour Force Survey has shifted away from the use of seasonal data (spring) and instead refers to second quarter (Q2) figures, in order to assess the progress of the Children in Workless Households target. The Q2 data covers the months April to June whereas the previous spring datasets covered the months March to May. Due to the slight difference in the time periods covered by the new datasets there are marginal differences between the seasonal and calendar data. Accordingly, the Labour Force Survey figures quoted may differ from previous versions.  Note: Figures not adjusted for households with unknown economic activity.  Source:  Labour Force Survey, Spring 2006

Departmental Members' Interest

Nick Herbert: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library a copy of the declaration of interest made to the Permanent Secretary by the former Minister of State on 13 September 2007.

Jack Straw: Information was provided to the Permanent Secretary in confidence solely for the purpose that he could advise Harriet Harman on any potential conflicts of interest arising from donations made to her deputy leadership campaign in relation to her role as Minister of State at the Department for Constitutional Affairs.
	A list of donations can be found on the Electoral Commission website at:
	http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk.

Prisoners: Drugs

Nia Griffith: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people sentenced for drug related offences who were placed on a treatment programme  (a) successfully completed the course,  (b) remained drugs free for 12 months after completing the course and  (c) went on to commit further offences in the latest period for which figures are available.

David Hanson: This information is not available in the form requested. The total numbers completing drug treatment are given in the following table. Research suggests that those completing a drug treatment and testing order (now the drug rehabilitation requirement) have significantly lower reconviction rates (33 per cent.) than those who don't (91 per cent.). Research also suggests that prison drug treatment can reduce re-offending by around 10 per cent.
	
		
			  2006-07 
			Number( 1) 
			 Probation(2) Drug rehabilitation requirement 5,940 
			 Prisons(2) Intensive rehabilitation programmes 8,350 
			 (1 )Rounded to the nearest 10 (2) Treatment options for which completion figures are available.

Prisoners: Females

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  what percentage of women prisoners were serving sentences for  (a) serious,  (b) violent and  (c) drug-related offences in each of the last five years; and what percentage of those in prison for drug-related offences have a drug addiction in each year;
	(2)  what percentage of women prisoners convicted of serious offences were in prison for drugs-related offences in each of the last five years; and of these what percentage had a drug addiction.

David Hanson: The following table shows the total number of sentenced women prisoners and the proportion of these for (a) serious and violent and (b) drug offences, in prison establishments in England and Wales as at 30 June 2002-06. Serious and violent offences are defined as violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery.
	
		
			   2002  2003  2004  2005  2006 
			 Total sentenced population 3,336 3,474 3,449 3,476 3,506 
			   
			 Violence against the person (Percentage) 16 15 17 18 19 
			 Sexual offences (Percentage) 1 1 1 1 1 
			 Robbery (Percentage) 9 12 11 10 9 
			 Total serious and violent offences (Percentage) 26 27 30 29 29 
			   
			 Drug offences (Percentage) 39 39 36 36 33 
		
	
	These figures are taken from table 8.2 of Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2006, which has recently been published at http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/prisonandprobation.htm These numbers relate to specific drug offences only (including the possession and supply of drugs) and not to other offences (such as those involving acquisitive crime) which may be related to drug issues of the offender.
	Data is not held centrally on the number of prisoners with a drug addiction and is not routinely collected in the format requested.
	These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

Departmental Parliamentary Questions

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many staff work in his Department's parliamentary branch; and what proportion of their time is spent on dealing with  (a) Parliamentary Questions and  (b) correspondence from hon. Members and Peers.

David Cairns: The one member of staff in the parliamentary branch covers all aspects of Scotland Office parliamentary activity, as well as assisting with private office duties, but does not, in the main, deal with correspondence.

Departmental Equality

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was spent by her Department  (a) in total and  (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many people are employed by her Department for this purpose.  [Official Report, 18 February 2008, Vol. 472, c. 1MC.]

Parmjit Dhanda: In 2004-2007, the Equality and Diversity Unit (EDU) recorded staff costs of £1,951,549 and non-pay spend of £989,022. The EDU was responsible for internal equality policy delivery.
	In July 2007, the EDU transferred to the Race Equality Unit taking seven posts, a pay budget of £319,000 and a non-pay budget of £16,000. The newly formed Race Equality and Diversity Division has a forecast outturn in 2007-2008 of £1,951,549 pay costs (average 34.8 FTE posts) and £989,202 non-pay costs. Due to machinery of Government changes it is difficult for the Department to provide more detail.
	One HEO maintained the workforce equalities taskforce at a cost of £21,286, from July 2006 until the creation of the workforce equalities team in October 2006. These units were established to mainstream equality and diversity within Communities. The workforce equalities team now comprises two HEOs, one full-time and one working 32 hours per week. The Grade 7 team leader post is currently vacant, but assuming the post is filled on a full-time basis the costs for the team would total £74,559 annually.
	The workforce equalities team has an annual allocation of £20,000, of which £8,000 is allocated to the Department's various staff networks. This leaves £12,000 to be spent directly on mainstreaming equality and diversity within Communities.
	Like other Government departments and as part of its commitment to ensuring good practice, Communities also pays for membership of various organisations for benchmarking purposes (e.g. Stonewall, Employers Forum on Disability) costing approximately £13,100 annually.

Departmental Public Participation

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 29 November 2007,  Official Report, column 681W to the hon. Member for Fareham on departmental public participation, if she will place in the Library a copy of  (a) the pilot employee engagement survey by Ipsos Mori and  (b) the last completed staff survey by Ipsos Mori; and what the subject is of the GfK study.

Parmjit Dhanda: Completed staff surveys are published on the corporate website. As part of our ongoing research on homebuying reform, GfK were commissioned to explore understanding and perceptions of home information packs.

Housing: Standards

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many children under the age of 16 years were housed in accommodation classified as overcrowded or unsuitable in each region in England for each of the last five years.

Iain Wright: It is estimated that, over the period 2001-02 to 2005-06, there were an average of 900,000 children under the age of 16 living in overcrowded conditions in England, with the following regional split.
	
		
			  Number of children under 16 living in overcrowded conditions, average 2001-02 to 2005-06 
			  Government office region  Number 
			 North East 30,000 
			 North West 110,000 
			 Yorkshire and Humber 70,000 
			 East Midlands 50,000 
			 West Midlands 110,000 
			 Eastern 70,000 
			 London 280,000 
			 South East 110,000 
			 South West 70,000 
			   
			 England 900,000 
			  Source: Survey of English Housing. 
		
	
	Estimates for each year are not available because of small sample sizes.
	The benchmark for assessing whether or not a household is overcrowded is the bedroom standard. This is determined for each household in accordance with its age/sex/marital status composition and the relationship of the members to one another. A separate bedroom is required:
	for each married or cohabiting couple;
	for any other person aged 21 or over;
	for each pair of adolescents aged 10-20 of the same sex and
	for each pair of children under 10.
	Further, any unpaired person aged 10-20 is paired, if possible with a child under 10 of the same sex, or, if that is not possible, he or she is counted as requiring a separate bedroom, as is any unpaired child under 10.
	This standard is then compared with the actual number of bedrooms (including bed-sitters) available for the sole use of the household. Bedrooms converted to other uses are not counted as available unless they have been denoted as bedrooms by the residents. Bedrooms not actually in use are counted unless uninhabitable.
	If a household has fewer bedrooms than implied by the standard then it is deemed to be 'overcrowded'. Since one bedroom will be sufficient for single person households and for married/cohabiting couples, these households cannot be overcrowded according to the bedroom standard. If a household has two or more bedrooms, fewer than implied by the standard, then it is deemed to be 'severely overcrowded'.
	On 12 December, my right hon. Friend, the Minister for Housing (Yvette Cooper) announced an additional £15 million funding for overcrowding and launched an action plan setting out the Government's commitment to tackling overcrowding—copies have been placed in the Library of the House. We have already announced an increase in the provision of new social housing including a year-on-year increase in the number of family homes, namely those with three or more bedrooms.

Papua: Politics and Government

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the political situation in West Papua, with particular reference to  (a) human rights,  (b) press freedom and  (c) the independence of the judiciary there.

Meg Munn: We are aware of reports of human rights abuses in Papua, but the isolated nature of some areas of Papua makes it difficult to establish a clear picture. However, we investigate any credible reports of human rights abuses in Papua. Our Embassy in Jakarta regularly discusses human rights issues, including in Papua, with the Indonesian government.
	We encourage the Indonesian government to allow access to Papua for the media. We were therefore pleased that the BBC correspondent based in Jakarta was given permission to visit Papua in September this year. We will continue to press the authorities to permit other journalists to visit. We recognise that, overall, Indonesia has a flourishing free media and an increasingly liberal and plural political environment.
	We have a general concern about corruption in Indonesia, particularly in the judiciary. The Indonesian government is committed to addressing the issue and has made some progress in tackling the problem. In December 2003, it established the Corruption Eradication Commission to investigate and tackle corruption past and present. We continue to work with the Indonesian government in order to promote good governance.

Peacekeeping Operations: Private Sector

Michael Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he plans to bring forward legislation to regulate the private military and security company industry; and if he will make a statement.

David Miliband: In late 2004 my right hon. Friend the then Foreign Secretary (Mr. Straw) launched a review of the options for the regulation of the overseas operations of private military and security companies (PMSCs) registered in or operating from the United Kingdom. This was to follow up on the Green Paper of 2002, 'Private Military Companies: Options for Regulation' and to respond to the increase in activities of PMSCs in areas of conflict overseas.
	The review was completed in mid 2005 and suggested a number of ways in which the industry could be regulated. The review also highlighted complex issues, particularly round the definition of what activities should be regulated and how any regulations would be enforced. These issues, along with the options for regulation, continue to be the subject of ministerial correspondence and official consultation. The Government have undertaken to keep Parliament fully informed of its proposals in this area. If it is agreed that regulation is appropriate, the Government will put the proposals to public consultation.

Alcoholic Drinks: Young People

Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many individuals aged 11 to 18 years resident in each  (a) London borough and  (b) Government region were treated for alcohol-related health problems in each of the last five years.

Dawn Primarolo: The information requested is in the following tables:
	
		
			  All diagnoses count of finished admission episodes by London local authority district of residence for patients aged 11-18 for selected ( 1) alcohol related diseases , a ge at start of episode 11-18 , n ational  h ealth  s ervice  h ospitals, England—2001-02 to 2005-06 
			  London local authority district of residence  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06 
			 Barking and Dagenham 7 19 25 13 28 
			 Barnet 15 20 13 30 40 
			 Bexley 11 15 37 38 41 
			 Brent (1)? (1)? (1)? 11 16 
			 Bromley 9 11 36 35 50 
			 Camden 11 11 16 17 29 
			 Croydon 32 22 32 47 49 
			 Ealing 23 21 29 18 23 
			 Enfield 12 15 21 19 36 
			 Greenwich 11 14 16 27 31 
			 Hackney 9 9 11 (1)? 21 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham (1)? 8 16 22 17 
			 Haringey 10 15 8 15 24 
			 Harrow 10 7 7 9 10 
			 Havering 14 21 31 17 32 
			 Hillingdon 20 11 31 42 43 
			 Hounslow 15 10 17 16 42 
			 Islington 8 23 23 17 22 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 7 7 (1)? (1)? 13 
			 Kingston upon Thames 29 28 35 28 31 
			 Lambeth 20 15 11 26 21 
			 Lewisham 9 14 22 16 25 
			 Merton 13 21 29 26 29 
			 Newham 9 11 10 9 7 
			 Redbridge 14 18 16 17 22 
			 Richmond upon Thames 15 17 20 18 27 
			 Southwark 16 17 14 11 8 
			 Sutton 37 49 38 38 36 
			 Tower Hamlets 6 6 12 15 18 
			 Waltham Forest 13 9 18 12 20 
			 Wandsworth 18 28 20 20 28 
			 Westminster (1)? (1)? 6 7 14 
			 London Local Authority District of Residence  
			 Total 433 501 629 641 853 
			 (1 )Alcohol related diseases defined by the following ICD-10 codes: F10: Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol K70: Alcoholic liver disease T51: Toxic effect of alcohol 
		
	
	
		
			  All diagnoses count of finished admission episodes by Government Office Region of residence for patients aged 11-18 for selected( 1) alcohol related diseases , a ge at  start of episode  11-18 ,  NHS Hospitals, England 2001-02 to 2005-06 
			  Government Office Region of Residence  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06 
			 North East 752 639 601 759 918 
			 Northwest 1,500 1,484 1,706 1,985 2,330 
			 Yorkshire and The Humber 917 865 966 1,012 1,068 
			 East Midlands 622 547 576 659 705 
			 West Midlands 785 732 906 908 1,190 
			 East of England 549 530 613 648 627 
			 London 433 501 631 646 855 
			 South East 1,041 957 1,154 1,355 1,499 
			 Southwest 666 683 865 909 1,148 
			 Scotland( 2) 5 10 11 4 14 
			 Wales(2) 39 32 28 28 47 
			 Northern Ireland 2 1 3   
			 Foreign in(2)c. Channel Isles and Isle of Man(2) 11 12 16 18 20 
			 No fixed abode 23 30 41 56 80 
			 Not known 73 58 46 56 88 
			 England 7,418 7,080 8,160 9,044 10,592 
			 (1 )Alcohol related diseases defined by the following ICD-10 codes: F10: Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol K70: Alcoholic liver disease T51: Toxic effect of alcohol  Source:  Hospital Episode Statistics, The Information Centre for health and social care

Biotechnology

Desmond Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what discussions he has had with the Joint Formulary Committee on biotechnology medicines with respect to biosimilars;
	(2)  what assessment he has made of the potential risk to human health from adverse drug reactions arising from the interchange of innovator biological medicines with biosimilar medicines;
	(3)  if he will recommend that the British National Formulary designate biotechnology medicines as caution advised until research data demonstrates that they pose no risk to human health;
	(4)  if he will direct the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to require biosimilar medicines to carry a warning symbol until research demonstrates that they pose no risk to human health;
	(5)  what guidance is issued to  (a) clinicians and  (b) pharmacists on (i) the potential substitution risks associated with switching from innovator biological medicines to biosimilar medicines and (ii) the role of clinician choice in the prescription and dispensing of innovator biological medicines and biosimilar medicines;
	(6)  if he will take steps to ensure that biopharmaceutical products are prescribed uniquely by brand name rather than by international nonproprietary name;
	(7)  what measures are in place to ensure it is clear which adverse drug reaction arises as a result of the administration of which biopharmaceutical product.

Dawn Primarolo: An article will be published in a forthcoming issue of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) bulletin Drug Safety Update in early January, which will remind prescribers that it is important to assign adverse drug reactions to a specific named product when reporting adverse reactions associated with biosimilar medicines. The European guidelines for marketing authorisation holders—Volume 9A of "The Rules Governing Medicinal Products in the European Union Guidelines on Pharmacovigilance for Medicinal Products for Human Use" is currently being updated to include the following text in relation to reporting of adverse reactions to biosimilar products:
	"For adverse reaction reports relating to biological products, the definite identification of the product with regard to its manufacturing is of particular importance. Therefore, Marketing Authorisation Holders should give advice to reporters to provide the (invented) name of the medicinal product and the batch number and should follow up the reports where this information is missing for completion."
	A similar biological medicinal product (biosimilar) is one that is claimed to be similar to a reference biological medicinal product authorised in the European Union (EU). Because biosimilar medicines are not identical copies of reference products, subtle differences may exist which may make a difference to their effect or side effects when taken by patients. It is preferable, therefore, that when such products are prescribed they should be clearly identified and prescribed by brand name to ensure that patients receive the exact product prescribed and that their safety in use can be properly monitored.
	The MHRA encourages companies who manufacture generic copies of biopharmaceutical products (known as "biosimilar products") to give them a brand name so that there is no possibility that the pharmacist can substitute another biosimilar product when dispensing the doctor's prescription.
	MHRA has not issued a specific guideline to clinicians on substitution. All medicines, including biological medicines, should be prescribed by clinicians in accordance with the approved advice provided in the Summary of Product Characteristics which provides full information about the product, including its side effects and its use.
	The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain's Professional standards and guidance for the sale and supply of medicines provides advice to pharmacists on switching from innovator biological medicines to biosimilar medicines and states that, except in an emergency, a specifically named product should not be substituted by any other product without the approval of the patient or carer and the prescriber, and in the case of hospital drugs, the approval of the therapeutics committee, or in line with other similar locally agreed protocols.
	All new medicines carry a black triangle symbol when they are first marketed in the United Kingdom. This denotes that the product is under intensive surveillance and this period usually lasts for two years in the first instance. All biosimilar products should also have in place at the time of licensing a full Risk Management Plan which describes what is known about the safety of a product and describes the activities required on behalf of the company to ensure that relevant safety information is collected in the post marketing period.
	The British National Formulary (BNF) includes biotechnology medicines that are licensed in the UK. The BNF usually reflects the safety information contained within the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC) that relates to the product. Biosimilar products will be designated "Black Triangle" medicines and will carry the black triangle symbol in the BNF.
	The information contained in the BNF about a product can be different from information in the SPC when it is supported by reliable clinical evidence. The BNF takes advice on the information to include from expert clinical advisers and the BNF Joint Formulary Committee.
	All biosimilar products are assessed for safety, and the safety data is compared with that of the innovator biological medicinal product to which similarity is claimed, prior to its authorisation. It is also mandatory for the applicant to submit an appropriate risk management plan at the time of initial marketing authorisation application, which is assessed to ensure that it demonstrates that adequate arrangements are made for continued safety evaluation.

Chlamydia: Screening

Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 29 October 2007,  Official Report, column 996W, on Chlamydia screening, what steps he is planning to take to meet the 15 per cent. screening target.

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many screens for Chlamydia were reported to the Health Protection Agency in  (a) the first quarter of 2007-08 and  (b) the second quarter of 2007-08; and what proportion of the target screening population this represents in each case.

Dawn Primarolo: Strategic health authorities (SHAs) have submitted plans to the Department on how they intend reaching the target. The Department and the Health Protection Agency (HPA) are working with the primary care trusts (PCTs) who are finding the target challenging.
	Information on the number of screens reported to the HPA is published in NHS Local Deliver Plan data monitoring line (PSA11d) (PCT) and (SHA) specific tables 1 April to 30 June and NHS Local Deliver Plan data monitoring line (PSA11d) PCT and SHA specific tables 1 July to 30 September. Copies of which have been placed in the Library.

Chlamydia: Screening

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 25 October 2007,  Official Report, columns 546-7W, on Chlamydia: screening, when he plans to have developed a national template for a Chlamydia screening local enhanced service through the community pharmacy contractual framework; and on what date he plans to publish the final evaluation of the Boots Chlamydia screening pathfinder.

Dawn Primarolo: We expect to have a national template for a service specification for Chlamydia screening from community pharmacies available early in 2008, if primary care trust's wish to commission an enhanced service.
	Two reports of the evaluation being undertaken by TNS Healthcare of the Boots Chlamydia pathfinder have already been published. They are Chlamydia screening evaluation—interim report wave one and Chlamydia screening evaluation—interim report wave two. Both reports are available in the Library. The third and final report will be published early in the new year.

Commission for Social Care Inspection: Marketing

David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the Commission for Social Care Inspection's total budget was spent on publications and marketing in the last period for which figures are available.

Ivan Lewis: We informed the chair of the Commission for Social Care Inspection that the proportion of its total budget spent in the most recent financial year—1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007—on publications and marketing was 0.5 per cent. and 0.2 per cent. respectively.

Departmental Public Participation

Nick Herbert: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on  (a) citizens' juries,  (b) focus groups and  (c) other deliberative forms of public opinion research in each month since January 2006.

Ann Keen: Data from January 2006 on the cost of citizens' juries, focus groups and other deliberative forms of research undertaken by the Department is not readily available. Supplying the costs of all such research citizens' juries, focus groups and would require a substantial investigation into all public engagement programmes undertaken by various divisions within the department and its arms length bodies, including the national health service, and would incur disproportionate cost.
	However, the Department held nine citizens' juries around the future of the NHS in September 2007. Each jury cost £96.547.78, totalling£ 868,930.02.

Dietary Supplements: Nutrition

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  when Food Standards Agency officials proposed that Ministers from his Department should meet representatives of consumers of food supplements to discuss the setting of maximum permitted levels for nutrients in such supplements; and for what reasons no date for such a meeting has been set;
	(2)  which member states of the European Union have indicated they will support the United Kingdom's objective for and approach to the setting of maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals in food supplements; what progress has been made on achievement of the UK's objectives; and if he will make a statement;
	(3)  which Minister in his Department has responsibility for the achievement of his objectives for setting maximum permitted levels for nutrients in food supplements; and what discussions that Minister has had with  (a) the European Commission and  (b) other EU member state governments on the matter.

Dawn Primarolo: Food Standards Agency (FSA) met with the Health Food Manufacturers' Association in August. The FSA met with the Commission on 12 Sept and also held a stakeholder event to discuss the orientation paper on 14 September in advance of the first Commission working group meeting with member states which took place on 24 September. Such proactive stakeholder engagement will continue. FSA gave advice to Ministers in connection with the CMC reception held in October 2007.
	Good progress has been made in promoting work carried out in the United Kingdom in establishing upper levels for vitamins and minerals and reference has been made to this in an orientation paper on setting maximum levels which was the starting point for Commission working group discussions which began on 24 September 2007.
	We have been advised by the FSA that general discussions on the orientation paper in the working group revealed that while member states support the broad objective of setting of maximum levels on the basis of safety and science, many are yet to establish views on a range of issues and as such are not in a position to support any specific approach at such an early stage in the discussions.
	Ministerial responsibility for matters relating to food supplements, including the setting of maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals in these products, rests with me. No recent meetings have been held between Health Ministers and the European Commission or with other European Union member state governments on this matter.

Drugs: Misuse

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were prescribed  (a) methadone and  (b) other hard drug substitutes in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the size is of the waiting list for substitutes programmes.

Dawn Primarolo: In 2006-07, the latest period for which data is available, 118,500 individuals received a prescribing modality, such as methadone for the treatment of drug misuse.
	The average waiting time to access general practitioner prescribing in 2006-07 was 0.87 weeks.
	The average waiting time to access specialist prescribing in 2006-07 was 0-9 weeks.

Drugs: Waiting Lists

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was to move from the waiting list to treatment programmes for hard drug substitutes in the latest period for which figures are available.

Dawn Primarolo: The latest waiting times data for substitute prescribing for which we have available is September 2007. The waiting time in this period for specialist prescribing is 0.9 weeks, and for general practitioners prescribing is 0.87 weeks.

Genetically Modified Organisms: Food

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much food imported into the UK contained genetically modified ingredients in the last year for which figures are available; what labelling is required on those foodstuffs; and if he will make a statement.

Dawn Primarolo: All food imported into the United Kingdom from third countries, or in free circulation within the European Union (EU), must comply with relevant EU legislation. Official controls on food, including genetically modified food, imported from third countries are carried out by port health authorities and local authorities at points of entry into the UK. The collection of specific data on the quantity of imported food containing genetically modified ingredients is not a legal requirement under EU official controls legislation and is not collected for other purposes.
	GM food is regulated in the EU under Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003 (GM Food and Feed Regulation) and Regulation (EC) No. 1830/2003 (Traceability and Labelling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)). GM food may only be marketed in the EU if it has been authorised following a process which involves a rigorous safety assessment. GMOs which have not been authorised for use in the EU are prohibited.
	Food which contains, consists of, or has been produced from authorised GMOs has to be labelled as such regardless of the presence of detectable novel genetic material in the final product, or the quantity of intentionally used GM ingredient present. Labelling does not apply to foods which contain authorised GM material of 0.9 per cent. or less, provided that this presence is adventitious or technically unavoidable.

Infectious Diseases: Screening

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department's most recent estimate is of the number and proportion of  (a) elective and  (b) emergency patients screened for (i) MRSA and (ii) clostridium difficile in the last period for which figures are available.

Ann Keen: The decision to screen for MRSA is currently taken by local managers and clinicians in health organisations. The department does not routinely produce estimates of methicillin resistant  Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) screening or estimates of the extent of screening. Information on MRSA screening is not collected centrally.
	Patients, whether elective or emergency admissions, are not usually screened for  Clostridium difficile infection (GDI). However, if a patient presents with diarrhoea clinicians may request testing for GDI.

Prescription Drugs: Side Effects

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what  (a) estimate he has made of and  (b) research he has (i) commissioned and (ii) evaluated on the number of patients who have had adverse reactions to medicines due to (A) prescription and (B) use after the use-by date; and if he will make a statement.

Dawn Primarolo: The data collected on suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) through the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency's (MHRA) Yellow Card Scheme does not record whether the drug suspected to have caused an adverse reaction was received by prescription or if the drug was used after the use-by date.
	No research into the numbers of patients who experience ADRs from medicines received by prescription or use of medicines after the use-by date has been commissioned by the MHRA.

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the 18 to 60-year-old population is not required to pay prescription charges.

Dawn Primarolo: Data is collected on the number of items dispensed and, when free of charge, the reason for the exemption. It is not possible to answer this question because prescription data on individuals is not collected.

Prostate Cancer: Staff

Howard Stoate: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to improve the effectiveness of multi disciplinary teams working in the field of prostate cancer; and if he will make a statement.

Ann Keen: In 2002, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence published 'Improving Outcomes in Urological Cancers'.
	This guidance sets out recommendations on how services for patients with urological cancers, including prostate cancer, should be organised in order to ensure the best outcomes. In particular, the guidance set outs recommendations on the organisation and membership of urological cancer multi-disciplinary teams (MDT).
	Strategic health authorities have submitted action plans to demonstrate how they will implement this guidance. The Department and the Healthcare Commission monitor progress against these plans.
	The National Cancer Action Team has also funded Leeds teaching hospitals NHS trust to develop and run a pilot programme to enhance MDT working and improve the quality of surgical techniques available to prostate cancer patients.

Incapacity Benefit

Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how his Department monitors the effectiveness of those medical assessments used in determining eligibility for incapacity benefit; in how many cases the outcomes of those medical assessments were appealed against in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

Anne McGuire: The Department monitors the effectiveness of the medical assessments through the rigorous monitoring of performance against contractual targets and standards, covering a variety of aspects relating to throughput, quality and customer service. Information about appeals against the outcomes of medical assessments is in the following table.
	
		
			  Appeals lodged against the incapacity benefit (IB) personal capability assessment (PCA) 
			   Number 
			 2000-01 40,770 
			 2001-02 47,470 
			 2002-03 53,130 
			 2003-04 56,510 
			 2004-05 54,580 
			 2005-06 56,220 
			  Notes: 1. All figures are subject to change as more up-to-date data becomes available. 2. Cases transferred on to the new appeals system G2 from 2006 may not have been updated on GAPS. 3. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 4. Totals may not sum due to rounding. 5. IB and PCA figures are only available from 2000 onwards. 6. Figures are not available after 2005-06 as data is not available from the G2 processing system.  Source: 100 per cent. download of the Generic Appeals Processing System (GAPS).

Social Security Benefits: Personal Records

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 
	(1)  what  (a) procedures and  (b) protocols govern the transfer of personal data by his Department to (i) other Government Departments, (ii) local authorities and (iii) Government agencies;
	(2)  on how many occasions CDs containing personal data of benefit recipients have been sent by his Department to  (a) other Government Departments,  (b) agencies and  (c) the National Audit Office in each of the last three years; and how many of those CDs were (i) encrypted and (ii) password protected.

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent estimate he has made of the number of benefit recipients whose personal details have been misdirected or mislaid by his Department or may otherwise be at risk of becoming victims of identity fraud due to error or omission by his Department in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 
	(1)  what reviews have been undertaken of his Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of his Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if  (a) his Department and  (b) his Department's agencies will undertake a review of their compliance with data protection laws;
	(2)  on how many occasions in  (a) his Department and  (b) its agencies confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures his Department has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by his Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to his Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions his Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures his Department has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in his Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations;
	(3)  how many employees of each grade in his Department  (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and  (b) are authorised to download such data to disc; how many of his Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of (i) his Department and (ii) his Department's agencies has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of his Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases were.

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what procedures are in place in his Department to ensure that personal information relating to members of the public is  (a) stored and  (b) transported securely.

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 
	(1)  on how many occasions the Information Commissioner was contacted by his Department to report breaches of data protection security in each of the last five years;
	(2)  how many breaches of data protection security there were in  (a) his Department and  (b) his Department's Agencies in each of the last five years; and if he will provide details of each breach.

Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he proposes to review how his Department transports data; and whether his Department uses TNT to transport data.

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many confirmed data security breaches there have been in his Department in the last 36 months; and what action was taken after each occurrence.

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 
	(1)  what  (a) procedures and  (b) safeguards his Department and its agencies have in place to ensure the secure storage and transfer of personal information about benefit claimants;
	(2)  what procedures his Department put in place on  (a) dealing with requests by and  (b) transferring personal data to (i) other Government Departments, (ii) public bodies and (iii) others.

Charles Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant.

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department has taken to protect the personal data on members of the public which it holds.

Alistair Burt: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 
	(1)  what security breaches there have been at his Department's Newcastle office in relation to the personal data of those claiming benefits administered by local authorities; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  what assessment he has made of the security of the data-sharing processes between local authorities and his Department; and whether any data has been compromised during such procedures in the last five years.

Anne McGuire: I refer the hon. Member to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 21 November 2007,  Official Report, column 1179. The review by the Cabinet Secretary and security experts is looking at procedures within Departments and agencies for the storage and use of data. A statement on Departments' procedures will be made on completion of the review.

Airports: Heathrow

Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the proposed Heathrow expansion would result in an increase in the number of night flights.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The existing night flights regime lasts until 2012. This provides for no increase in the number of movements and a gradual reduction in noise as quieter aircraft are introduced. Decisions on the night regime to apply beyond 2012 will be subject to separate consultation and does not depend on the capacity of runways.

Departmental Disclosure of Information

Theresa Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what data her Department  (a) shares,  (b) is in discussion to share and  (c) has been approached in the last 12 months to share with other Government Departments; and which Departments have requested information.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The Department for Transport takes the issues of privacy and data security extremely seriously, and keeps its policies on data sharing under active review.
	 The Department for Transport shares the following main categories of data with Government Departments (for reasons of national security, some data may not be include):
	Driver details (as it appears on the driving licence); Vehicle registration details (including vehicle keeper data); Personal data of property owners who might claim compensation payments when highways schemes are developed, Driver trainer details; Driving applicant details including test results; Type approval data (e.g. vehicle type, subject approval, manufacturers details, enforcement reports); Names of departmental and DfT stakeholder contact details for both work and out of hours; Defence and Civil Contingency Planning; Hydrographic data of UK seabed; Automatic Identification System for ships (AIS) including Vessel details; Seafarer data and statistics; Maritime vessels using Halon; UK Ships Register; Shipping company and vessel details for Tonnage Tax (e.g. vessel name, flag state, vessel IMO number, training commitment).
	 The Department has arrangements to share the a for e mentioned categories of data as applicable and relevant with specific Government Departments in the following list (again, for reasons of national security, some data may not be included):
	Cabinet Office
	Crown Prosecution Service
	Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
	Department for Children Schools and Families
	Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
	Department of Health
	Department for Work and Pensions
	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	Forestry Commission
	Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
	Home Office
	Ministry of Defence
	Ministry of Justice
	Some data sharing also relates directly to the fact that Departments are also employers. As such, they will pass on personal data to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs for tax collection purposes; when one of their employees moves to another Government Department, they may also pass personal information on to that Department; they also pass on to the Office of National Statistics the results of human resources statistical surveys. Some staff contact details are shared through the Government Secure Intranet directory.
	The Department also gathers and produces a large amount of non-personal statistical data on travel and transport, and these are published on the DfT website.
	The Department may have responded to other one off requests in the last 12 months for particular data from other Departments. These are dealt with on a case by case basis in the light of the legal requirements and any relevant policy considerations.
	The Department for Transport is having ongoing discussions with other Government Departments such as the Home Office, Ministry of Justice and Department for Work and Pensions on how to further advance the Service Transformation Programme (December 2006) and the Government Vision for Information Sharing (September 2006).
	Finally, I refer the hon. Member to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 21 November 2007,  Official Report, column 1179. The review by the Cabinet Secretary and security experts is looking at procedures within Departments and agencies for the storage and use of data. A statement on Departments' procedures will be made on completion of the review. An interim progress report on the review was published on 17 December 2007,  Official Report, column 98WS by the Cabinet Office through a written ministerial statement. I also refer the hon. Member to the statement of 17 December 2007,  Official Report, columns 626-6 by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on measures to improve the security of personal data.

London Bridge Station: Repairs and Maintenance

Theresa Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she expects the upgrade of London Bridge station to start; how long she estimates the upgrade to take; and if she will place in the Library the contracts that have been let in relation to the upgrade.

Tom Harris: The works at London Bridge will be delivered by Network Rail, whose current programme shows that preliminary work will start in 2011, substantive works will start after the London Olympics, and the station works will complete during 2015.
	All contacts regarding the upgrade of London Bridge station have been managed and let by Network Rail (and its predecessor organisation Railtrack). As Network Rail is not a public body it is not possible to place any contracts in the Library.

Woodhead Tunnel

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether she has conducted an appraisal of the  (a) costs and benefits and  (b) the value for money of reopening the Woodhead tunnel to rail freight against the building of the Mottram-Tintwistle bypass through the Peak District National Park.

Tom Harris: No appraisal has taken place on the costs and benefits of re-opening the Woodhead tunnel to rail freight in the context of the proposed Mottram—Tintwistle bypass. The need for a bypass is driven by regional and local road traffic and environmental factors.

Woodhead Tunnel

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will intervene to prevent National Grid from implementing any plans to utilise the Woodhead tunnel for power cables and other purposes which would prevent the tunnel being able to be used in future for rail.

Tom Harris: The decision on whether to lay cables in the southerly Woodhead tunnel is a matter for National Grid, who owns the tunnel. There is no case for the Secretary of State to intervene. National Grid's proposal would not preclude future consideration of reopening the route for rail use.

Woodhead Tunnel

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will commit to safeguarding the trans-Pennine rail route with particular reference to the Woodhead tunnel for future rail use.

Tom Harris: The decision on whether to lay cables in the southerly Woodhead tunnel is a matter for National Grid, who owns the tunnel. There is no case for the Secretary of State to intervene. National Grid's proposal would not preclude future consideration of reopening the route for rail use.

Woodhead Tunnel

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the reopening of the Woodhead tunnel with the  (a) Delivering a Sustainable Railway White Paper,  (b) Towards a Sustainable Transport System paper and  (c) the Eddington transport study.

Tom Harris: The approach set out in Towards a Sustainable Transport System adopts many of the recommendations made by the Eddington transport study. Proposing a single solution, such as the re-opening of the Woodhead route, to a problem that has not been clearly identified is not compatible with the approach proposed in Towards a Sustainable Transport System' or the Eddington report. The rail White Paper—Delivering a Sustainable Railway, published in July 2007 does not identify a need to re-open lines to deliver additional capacity.

Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

Lembit �pik: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what communications his Department has had with injured personnel who received their injuries during service in Afghanistan and Iraq sine January 2001; and if he will make a statement.

Derek Twigg: From the point of wounding to discharge from medical care, the progress of all injured personnel is managed and monitored by the Defence Medical Services (DMS), to ensure that they receive appropriate treatment and care at every stage. Patients are kept informed of the progress of their treatment, and the likely course that it will take. Welfare staff and single service representatives also maintain the appropriate links between the patients and their home units when they are in hospital or receiving treatment elsewhere, such as at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court.
	For those who have left the armed forces we have, since the beginning of 2007, put in place arrangements for the Department's Veterans Welfare Service to monitor those discharged with a seriously disabling injury; this covers cases of both physical and psychological injury. While this monitoring is primarily focused on welfare matters, the service will identify relevant sources of assistance where there is a medical issue.
	Finally, Ministers themselves often meet injured personnel and their families, both when visiting operational theatres, and in medical facilities back in the UK.

Armed Forces: Public Opinion

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  how much his Department has spent on  (a) quantitative and  (b) qualitative opinion research of (i) serving and (ii) former members of the armed forces;
	(2)  what use his Department has made of  (a) focus groups and  (b) other qualitative or quantitative opinion research of (i) serving and (ii) former members of the armed forces.

Derek Twigg: It is in the interests of the MOD to have a good understanding of the realities and concerns facing their personnel. The Ministry of Defence, therefore, conducts a wide variety of research among Serving personnel and former members of the armed forces using internal resources and through outside research and academic institutions.
	These surveys and focus groups, which have been running in various forms for decades, can look at everything from attitudes about Service life to surveys that investigate physical and psychological health. The resulting data forms part of the body of evidence that is used to inform the development of policies that better reflect the lives of Service personnel.
	This Research is available across the MOD and Service areas but are not centrally administered so it is not possible to provide total costs for all surveys conducted without disproportionate cost.

Armed Forces: Training

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  whether the original bidders for the Defence Training Rationalisation programme Package 2 will be invited to bid on the revised procurement strategy;
	(2)  whether the change in procurement strategy for the Defence Training Rationalisation Programme Package 2 will require  (a) more time and  (b) additional expenditure for the programme;
	(3)  what the proposed revised procurement strategy for the Defence Training Rationalisation Programme Package 2 is; whether the revised strategy was among the options initially considered; why the strategy initially chosen was not proceeded with; and if he will make a statement.

Derek Twigg: As I stated in my written ministerial statement on 25 October 2007,  Official Report, column 15 WS, Defence Training Rationalisation Package 2 is the subject of further work focusing on how best to improve our accommodation and training facilities to meet the strategic objectives of the Defence Training Review Rationalisation Programme. A range of options are being considered from a conventional procurement to an adaptation to Metrix' original proposals. At this stage it would be inappropriate to provide further details on the cost, timescale or procurement strategy. However, I shall provide an update on the programme next year when this work has matured.

Christmas

Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department and its agencies have spent on Christmas  (a) cards,  (b) parties and  (c) decorations in each of the last five years.

Derek Twigg: MOD expenditure on Christmas cards has been:
	
		
			
			 2002 348 
			 2003 1,743 
			 2004 1,664 
			 2005 3,200 
			 2006 1,000 
		
	
	These figures include printing, purchase and postage, but exclude a small amount spent by Defence attachs (for permitted representational purposes) which is not identifiable without disproportionate cost. The sending of Christmas cards at public expense is governed by the principles of Managing Public Money, regulated by departmental guidance on financial procedures and propriety, and must be in pursuit of specific Defence objectives.
	Staff Christmas parties and building decorations are paid for from non-public funds or staff subscription, The exception is the contracted-out facilities management services for the Main Building and Old War Office Building in Whitehall, which include an annual 5,000 provision for Christmas decorations in reception areas.

Departmental Data Protection

Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  what reviews have been undertaken of his Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of his Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if  (a) his Department and  (b) his Department's agencies will undertake a review of their compliance with data protection laws;
	(2)  on how many occasions in  (a) his Department and  (b) its agencies confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures his Department has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by his Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to his Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions his Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures his Department has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in his Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations;
	(3)  how many employees of each grade in his Department  (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and  (b) are authorised to download such data to disc; how many of his Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of (i) his Department and (ii) his Department's agencies has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of his Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases were.

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  on how many occasions the Information Commissioner was contacted by his Department to report breaches of data protection security in each of the last five years;
	(2)  how many breaches of data protection security there were in  (a) his Department and  (b) his Department's agencies in each of the last five years; and if he will provide details of each breach.

Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he proposes to review how his Department transports data; and whether his Department uses TNT to transport data.

Robert Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many breaches of the Data Protection Act 1998 requiring investigation there have been in the last five years in his Department; what the nature of such breaches were; and what the results of the investigations were in each case.

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many confirmed data security breaches there have been in his Department in the last 36 months; and what action was taken after each occurrence.

Des Browne: I refer the hon. Member to the statement made by right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 21 November 2007,  Official Report, column 1179. The review by the Cabinet Secretary and security experts is looking at procedures within Departments and agencies for the storage and use of data. A statement on Departments' procedures will be made on completion of the review.

Departmental Recycling

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what  (a) volume and  (b) percentage of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years.

Derek Twigg: Data for the amount of waste generated and recycled in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) over the past five years are outlined in the following table. This is based on partial data, since not all parts of the MOD are yet able to report the amount of waste generated. The information for 2005-06 and the figures for the amount of waste produced and the percentage recycled in 2004-05 were included in the sixth annual Sustainable Development in Government report published by the Sustainable Development Commission. A copy of that report can be found at:
	http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/publications.php?id=514
	
		
			   Amount of waste produced (Tonnes)( 1)  Amount of waste recycled (Tonnes)  Percentage recycled 
			 2005-06 69,392 26,696 38.5 
			 2004-05 50,404 11,391 22.6 
			 2003-04 (2) (2) (2) 
			 2002-03 (2) (2) (2) 
			 2001-02 (2) (2) (2) 
			 (1) Waste arisings data is given as the amount produced (weight) in metric tonnes and not in volume (m3). (2) Not known. 
		
	
	The collection of data on the amount of waste produced and the amount of waste streams consigned to recycling continues to improve. The Department is working towards full waste data coverage in line with departmental policy set out in the MOD Sustainable Waste Management Strategy.
	Data for 2006-07 will be reported by the Sustainable Development Commission early in 2008.

Illegal Immigrants

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many illegal immigrants have been discovered working for his Department and its agencies in the last year for which figures are available.

Derek Twigg: Recruitment to the civil service is earned out in accordance with the civil sendee nationality rules, which are available at:
	www.civilservice.gov.uk/nationality.
	There is no record of any illegal immigrants being discovered working for the MOD during the last 12 months.

Departmental Manpower

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many reports have been made to his Department's nominated officers under paragraph 16 of the revised Civil Service Code since its publication on 6 June 2006.

Gareth Thomas: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister for East Midlands (Gillian Merron) on 19 November 2007,  Official Report, column 596W.

Departmental Manpower

Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what organisations within his responsibilities were discovered to have security staff who were illegal immigrants by the recent review of licences granted by the Security Industry Authority; and if he will make a statement.

Gareth Thomas: To date BERR has not been advised by the SIA of any security staff who are employed by the Departments security contractor who have been or who are illegal immigrants.

Departmental Recycling

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what  (a) volume and  (b) percentage of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years.

Gareth Thomas: The following table details the total waste arisings and recovered and recycled weights, where available for the past five years.
	The remaining volume of waste that is not recovered or recycled is accounted for by the fly and bottom ash as a result of incineration. This is then often used in the road construction process.
	
		
			   Total waste arisings  Recovered (kg)  Recycled  Percentage Recovered  Recycled 
			 2002-03 581,630.00 463,630.00 79.7 (recovered and recycled combined) 
			 2003-04 Data unavailable 
			 2004-05 814,323.00 771,236.00 434,108.00 94.70 53.30 
			 2005-06 622,841.00 498,273.00 349,707.00 80.00 56.10 
			 2006-07 530,390.00 424,312.00 281,530.00 80.00 53.00 
		
	
	To further improve recycling across the BERR estate, extended recycling facilities have been rolled out, which captures cans, plastics, paper, card, glass and batteries. Additionally the Department will be trialling the removal of desk bins to encourage staff to segregate waste for recycling.

Departmental Recycling

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much and what proportion of its waste his Department and its predecessor recycled in each of the last five years.

Gareth Thomas: The following table details the total waste arisings and recovered and recycled weights, where available for the past five years.
	The remaining volume of waste that is not recovered or recycled is accounted for by the fly and bottom ash as a result of incineration. This is then often used in the road construction process.
	
		
			   Total waste arisings (kg)  Recovered (kg)  Recycled (kg)  Percentage recovered  Percentage recycled 
			 2002-03 581,630.00 463,630.00 (1)79.7 
			 2003-04 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 
			 2004-05 814,323.00 771,236.00 434,108.00 94.70 53.30 
			 2005-06 622,841.00 498,273.00 349,707.00 80.00 56.10 
			 2006-07 530,390.00 424,312.00 281,530.00 80.00 53.00 
			 (1) Recovered and recycled combined) (2) Data unavailable 
		
	
	To further improve recycling across the BERR estate, extended recycling facilities have been rolled out, which captures cans, plastics, paper, card, glass and batteries. Additionally the Department will be trialling the removal of desk bins to encourage staff to segregate waste for recycling.

Electricity Generation: Wastes

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the volume of emissions generated by the incineration of waste for the purpose of electricity generation compared to the burning of  (a) coal,  (b) gas and  (c) oil for the same purpose; and if he will make a statement.

Malcolm Wicks: holding answer 17 December 2007
	The main emissions associated with electricity generation, together with the quantity of electricity of generated by fuel in 2005 are shown in the table as follows.
	
		
			   Emissions (thousand tonnes)  
			   Bio-carbon( 1)  Carbon  Carbon monoxide  Nitrogen Oxide  Sulphur Dioxide  Electricity generated (GWh) 
			 Coal 0 31,124 53 315 371 134,848 
			 Oil 0 589 3 11 11 5,135 
			 Gas 0 14,937 9 39 0 152,710 
			 Waste(2) 2,021 322 6 8 3 (3)9,615 
			 (1) Carbon emissions derived from biomass, these are excluded from emissions inventories as they are part of the carbon cycle (2) Waste oils, municipal solid waste, sewage gas, landfill gas, straw and poultry litter. (3) An exact breakdown is not available, this figure includes non-biodegradable wastes, landfill gas, sewage sludge digestion, municipal solid waste combustion, co-firing with fossil fuels, farm waste digestion, poultry litter combustion, meat and bone combustion, straw and energy crops. However it excludes waste products from chemical processes.  Source:  National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory, Digest of UK Energy Statistics 2007

Fossil Fuels: Imports

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much he estimates will be spent on imports of  (a) oil and  (b) gas in (i) 2008, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2015, (iv) 2015, (iv) 2020 and (v) 2030 at 2007 prices.

Malcolm Wicks: Some of the gas and most of the oil produced on the UK Continental Shelf is exported rather than being consumed domestically, so the gross volume of imports is not equivalent to total UK consumption minus total UK production. The Department does not estimate the gross volume of imports of oil or gas expected in future years.
	Projections of future net imports can be derived by subtracting projected UK Continental Shelf production from projected UK demand, although projections of the latter have been made for only the years 2010, 2015 and 2020. These are available in Annex J to the paper on Updated Energy and Carbon Emissions Projections published alongside the May 2007 Energy White Paper at:
	http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/whitepaper/page39534.html.
	Based on the published projections, net imports of oil in 2010 would be 176 million barrels; in 2015, 301 million barrels; and in 2020, 392 million barrels. The average price for oil so far in 2007 is $72/barrel, about 36/barrel. If net imports in future years were bought at that price, the cost would therefore be about 6.4 billion in 2010; 10.9 billion in 2015; and 14.1 billion in 2020.
	For gas, net imports in 2010 would be about 36 billion cubic metres (bcm); in 2015, 68 bcm; and in 2020,79 bcm. The average wholesale spot price for gas so far in 2007 is 30p/therm, equivalent to about 109 million/bcm. Thus, if imports in future years were bought at 2007 prices, the cost would be about 3.9 billion in 2010; 7.4 billion in 2015; and 8.6 billion in 2020.

Radioactive Materials: Waste Disposal

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate he has made of the amount of  (a) spent nuclear fuel and  (b) other nuclear waste to be disposed of in the UK in each 10 year period to 2077; and if he will make a statement.

Malcolm Wicks: The last published 'snapshot' of the UK Radioactive Waste Inventory, that includes both existing and expected legacy waste volumes, was for a stock date of 1 April 2004. The Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) drew on this when it compiled its own inventory estimates. The packaged volumes of High Level Waste (HLW), Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) and Low Level Waste (LLW) as reported by CoRWM are as follows:
	
		
			  Material  Packaged volume (m3) 
			 HLW 1,290 
			 LW 353,000 
			 LLW(1) 37,200 
			 (1) This refers to long lived LLW not suitable for near surface disposal. 
		
	
	In addition most LLW is routinely disposed of as it arises to the near surface facility near Drigg in West Cumbria.
	From the 2004 UK Radioactive Waste Inventory, given a number of assumptions, if waste is packaged the figures in cubic metres are as follows:
	
		
			   HLW  ILW  LLW 
			 In stock 1,222 105,570 30,426 
			 Arisings 2004-09 440 27,553 172,881 
			 Arisings 2010-19 92 29,703 260,168 
			 Arisings 2020-29 0 18,218 162,768 
			 Arisings 2030-39 0 12,035 132,534 
			 Arisings 2040-59 0 35,076 228,123 
			 Arisings 2060-99 0 45,445 1,232,787 
		
	
	These figures do not include spent fuel arisings as they are not currently declared as waste intended for disposal.

Trade Unions: Finance

Andrew Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Horsham of 28 November 2007,  Official Report, column 467W, on trade unions: finance, if he will introduce regulations to provide that trades union members who opt out of a union's political fund must be charged a proportionately lower subscription rate.

Patrick McFadden: Department has no plans to introduce additional regulation regarding the level of subscriptions paid by trade union members.

Union Modernisation Fund

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether his Department commissioned any external assessment of applications for funding under the union modernisation fund programme.

Patrick McFadden: We have engaged an independent supervisory board to assess all applications against the union modernisation fund criteria. The bids were assessed to ensure that they fell within the scope of the fond; to ensure that they had been realistically costed, offered value for money; and had suitable project management arrangements in place for effective delivery of the project.
	In addition BERR is working with Leeds University Business School to conduct a phased evaluation of the fond. Phase one evaluated the operational effectiveness of the first round of bidding. Phase two will evaluate the success of supported projects and the impact of monies via a series of case studies. An interim phase two evaluation report will be published shortly.

Freight: Roads

David Kidney: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the economic prospects for the UK road freight sector, with particular reference to the effects of  (a) freight taxes,  (b) excise duties and  (c) fuel prices.

Angela Eagle: In taking taxation decisions as part of the Budget process the Government consider a range of factors all relevant environmental, social and economic factorsincluding those relating to specific industry sectorsinto consideration.
	Further to this process, the Haulage Industry Task Group, consisting of Government officials and representatives from the road haulage industry and business sector, published a report in December 2006, designed to better understand the issues raised in 2005 Burns Inquiry into fuel prices, freight taxes and foreign competition. The report is published at:
	http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/pre_budget_report/prebud_pbr06/other_docs/prebud_pbr06_odhaulage_cfm

Government Equalities Office

Oliver Letwin: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Winter Supplementary Estimates (HC 29), 
	(1)  if he will break down the Government Equalities Office new estimate provision by subhead in (i) near cash and (ii) non-cash terms;
	(2)  if he will break down the  (a) Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills,  (b) Food Standards Agency and  (c) Office of Rail Regulation (i) main estimate and (ii) winter supplementary estimate provision by subhead in (A) near cash and (B) non-cash terms;
	(3)  if he will break down the  (a) Assets Recovery Agency,  (b) Charity Commission and  (c) Northern Ireland Court Service (i) main estimate and (ii) winter supplementary estimate provision by subhead in (A) near cash and (B) non-cash terms;
	(4)  if he will break down the  (a) National Archives,  (b) Crown Prosecution Service and  (c) Serious Fraud Office (i) main estimate and (ii) winter supplementary estimate provision by subhead in (A) near cash and (B) non-cash terms;
	(5)  if he will break down the  (a) HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor,  (b) Office of Gas and Electricity and  (c) Postal Services Commission (i) main estimate and (ii) winter supplementary estimate provision by subhead in (A) near cash and (B) non-cash terms;
	(6)  if he will break down the  (a) Forestry Commission,  (b) HM Revenue and Customs and  (c) National Savings and Investments (i) main estimate and (ii) winter supplementary estimate provision by subhead in (A) near cash and (B) non-cash terms;
	(7)  if he will break down the  (a) Office for National Statistics,  (b) National School of Government and  (c) Privy Council Office (i) main estimate and (ii) winter supplementary estimate provision by subhead in (A) near cash and (B) non-cash terms.

Andy Burnham: The breakdown of voted resources in supply estimates is primarily a matter for the Departments concerned. I understand that the right hon. Gentleman has tabled the same question to all Departments directly in a separate parliamentary questions.

Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments

Danny Alexander: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was collected in repayment of tax credit overpayments by HM Revenue and Customs in each month since April 2003.

Jane Kennedy: The information requested is available only at disproportionate cost.
	Information relating to the recovery of overpayments of 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 tax credit awards is contained in section 2, table 4, of the Comptroller and Auditor Generals Standard Report in the HM Revenue and Customs 2006-07 Accounts, which is available on the HMRC website at:
	http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/about/hmrc-accounts2007.htm